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Video: Watch Amazon Explain Its Fancy New Browser 'Silk'

One of the key features Amazon pointed to in distinguishing its new (super cheap!) tablet, the Kindle Fire, was an all new Web browser called "Silk." Silk is reportedly super light and fast, and offloads its backend technology to the cloud itself. No one expected the company to get into the browser game. Watch a detailed explanation of how they pulled it off in the video above.